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(Amendment    5  to 
B.  A.  I.  Order  168.) 


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U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


AMENDMENT  5  TO  RULE   1,  REVISION  4.-T0  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 
OF  SPLENETIC  FEVER  IN  CATTLE. 


Effective  on  and  after  October  11,  1909. 


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United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 
On  account  of  temporary  local  conditions  prevailing  in  the  State  of 
Texas  it  is  ordered  that  that  portion  of  Rule  1,  Revision  4,  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  splenetic  fever  in  cattle,  effective  on  and  after  April  1, 
1909,  which  relates  to  the  quarantine  in  the  State  of  Texas,  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows,  effective  on  and  after  October  11,  1909  : 

TEXAS. 

"The  entire  State  of  Texas  is  quarantined,  with  the  exception  of  the 
counties  of  Dallam,  Sherman,  Hansford,  Ochiltree,  Lipscomb,  Hartley, 
Moore,  Hutchinson,  Roberts,  Hemphill,  Oldham,  Potter,  Carson,  Gray, 
Wheeler,  Deaf  Smith,  Randall,  Armstrong.  Donley,  Collingsworth,  Par- 
mer, Castro,  Swisher,  Briscoe,  Hall,  Childress,  Bailey,  Lamb,  Hale, 
Floyd.  Motley,  Cochran,  Hockley,  Lubbock,  Crosby,  Dickens,  Yoakum, 
Terry,  Lynn,  Garza,  Kent,  Gaines,  Dawson,  Andrews,  Martin,  El  Paso, 
Jeff  Davis,  Presidio,  Brewster,  Reeves,  Loving,  Winkler,  Ector,  Mid- 
land, and  Ward. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  counties 
of  Cottle,  Hardeman,  Foard,  Wilbarger,  King,  Knox,  Baylor,  Stone- 
wall, Haskell,  Borden,  Scurry,  Fisher,  Jones,  Howard,  Mitchell,  Glass- 
cock, Crane,  Upton,  Reagan,  or  of  those  portions  of  the  counties  of 
Pecos  and  Terrell  north  and  west  of  a  line  beginning  at  the  southwest 
corner  of  Terrell  County;  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to  the  north- 
west coiner  of  section  No.  63,  block  D10,  Texas  Central  Railway  Com- 
pany;  thence  north  along  the  western  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  64,  65, 
66,  67,  68,  69,  70,  71.  and  72  of  said  block  D10  to  the  northwest  corner 
of  said  section  No.  72 ;  thence  continuing  north  through  the  western 
parts  of  sections  Nos.  36,  25,  24,  13,  12,  and  1,  block  150,  Texas  and 
St.  Louis  Railroad  Company,  to  the  roadbed  of  the  Galveston,  Harris- 
burg,  and  San  Antonio  Railroad  Company;  thence  southeasterly,  fol- 
lowing the  roadbed  of  the  said  Galveston,  Harrisburg  and  San  Antonio 
Railroad  Company  to  a  point  on  section  No.  36,  block  A2,  Galveston, 
Harrisburg  and  San  Antonio  Railroad  Company  ;  thence  north  with  the 


pasture  fence  through  the  eastern  part  of  sections  Nos.  36,  13,  and  12 
of  said  block  A2  and  across  section  No.  1,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa 
Fe  Railway  Company ;  thence  continuing  north  with  said  pasture  fence 
through  the  eastern  part  of  sections  Nos.  16,  17,  46,  47,  76,  77,  106, 
107,  136,  137,  142,  143,  and  194,  block  D,  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas 
Extension  Railway  Company ;  thence  continuing  in  a  northerly  direc- 
tion to  a  point  on  the  northern  boundary  of  section  No.  6,  block  160, 
Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  same  being  corner  of 
pasture  fence  ;  thence  east  along  the  northern  boundary  of  sections  Nos. 
6,  9,  10,  11,  12,  15,  and  16,  block  160,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe 
Railway  Company,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  section  No.  16, 
the  same  being  corner  of  pasture  fence ;  thence  in  a  northerly  direction 
with  the  eastern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  22,  21,  20,  23,  24,  25,  26, 
27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  and  32,  block  1,  Corpus  Christi,  San  Diego  and  Rio 
Grande  Narrow  Gauge  Railway  Company,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said 
section  No.  32 ;  thence  west  with  the  northern  boundary  of  sections 
Nos.  32  and  33,  same  block,  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  No.  33, 
block  1,  Corpus  Christi,  San  Diego  and  Rio  Grande  Narrow  Gauge  Rail- 
way Company,  corner  of  fence ;  thence  north  with  the  eastern  boundary 
of  sections  Nos.  1,  12, 13,  24,  25,  36,  37,  48,  49,  60,  61,  and  72,  block  2, 
Corpus  Christi,  San  Diego  and  Rio  Grande  Narrow  Gauge  Railway  Com- 
pany, to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  section  No.  72 ;  thence  in  an  easterly 
direction  with  the  pasture  fence  to  the  southeast  corner  of  section  No.  9, 
patented  to  James  E.  Evans ;  thence  north  along  the  eastern  boundary 
of  said  section  No.  9  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  No.  100,  block 
A2,  Texas  Central  Railway  Company;  thence  east  with  the  northern 
boundary  of  sections  Nos.  100  and  89,  same  block,  to  the  northeast 
corner  of  said  section  No.  89,  block  A2,  Texas  Central  Railway  Company; 
thence  north  along  the  eastern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  90,  91,  92, 
and  93  to  the  southeast  corner  of  section  No.  94,  block  A2,  Texas  Cen- 
tral Railway  Company;  thence  northwest  diagonally  across  section  No. 
94  to  the  northwest  corner  of  said  section;  thence  continuing  in  a 
northwesterly  direction  diagonally  across  sections  Nos.  14,  18,  and  28 
to  the  northeast  corner  of  section  No.  29,  block  C4,  Gulf,  Colorado  and 
Santa  Fe  Railway  Company ;  thence  west  with  the  northern  boundary 
of  said  section  No.  29  to  the  northwest  corner  of  said  section;  thence 
northwest  diagonally  across  section  No.  1,  Texas  Central  Railway  Com- 
pany, section  No.  97,  block  194,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway 
Company,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  section  No.  96 ;  thence  in  a  north- 
erly direction  across  section  No.  94  to  a  point  on  its  northern  boundary 
600  varas  west  of  its  northeast  corner ;  thence  continuing  north  through 
sections  Nos.  93,  90,  89,  86,  85,  and  58,  block  194,  Gulf,  Colorado  and 
Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  to  a  point  on  the  northern  boundary  of 
said  section  No.  58 ;  thence  northwesterly  with  the  pasture  fence  through 
section  No.  59  to  the  northeast  corner  of  section  No.  82  and  the  south- 
east corner  of  section  No.  81,  same  block;  thence  continuing  north- 
westerly to  section  No.  17,  Houston  and  Great  Northern  Railroad  Com- 
pany ;  thence  north  along  the  eastern  boundary  of  said  section  No.  17 
to  the  Pecos  River ;  thence  northwesterly  along  said  Pecos  River  to  the 
northwest  corner  of  Crockett  County,  shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to 
move,  except  as  provided  for  immediate  slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the 
United  States  not  in  the  State  of  Texas  which  is  located  in  an  area  not 
quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until  the 
said  cattle  shall  have  been  kept  on  premises  free  of  infection  and  unless 


and  until  the  cattle  shall  have  been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infec- 
tion and  a  certificate  authorizing  the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission  shall  have  been 
obtained  in  advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper  official  of  the 
State  or  Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  and  portions  of  counties  in  that  part  of  Texas 
which  is  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever,  cattle  shall 
only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside  of  the 
quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  immediate 
slaughter." 

Amendment  1  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  158  is  hereby  revoked  from  and  after 
October  11,  1909. 

Done  at  Washington  this  fifth  day  of  October, 
1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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